Word: fats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more than a mild attack of angina pectoris, meaning that there was an insufficient flow of blood to the heart muscle, largely as a result of hardening of the arteries. Ike himself was cheerful. The oxygen tent was removed and he even fed himself a light, low-fat breakfast, later sat up in a chair. Everyone perked up; doctors said the general might be on his feet again in two weeks...
...sharp restrictions on imports, and increased agricultural production for export. Given the temper of Uruguay's 1,000,000-man work force, any steps at all may well prove impossible. Last week 130,000 government workers rejected a relatively reasonable 15% raise, walked off their jobs demanding a fat 60% wage hike...
Clever Ape. His luck finally turned when his work struck the fancy of Danny Thomas, who made him the director of his show, later elevated him to coproducer. The fat years, when they came, were obese. He has made and sold eleven pilot films, now sells shows on his name alone, without bothering to film a trial episode. His 1965 income for the first nine months...
...Fat Fees. Their position as powerful insiders gives the bankers rare sensitivity about which companies are in a buying or selling mood. Each of the major investment bankers commonly has partners on 50 or more corporate boards, also raises capital and sells financial advice to perhaps 100 important companies and has contacts with hundreds of other firms. These bankers know that such companies as Litton Industries, Textron, I. T. & T. and Genesco are so eager to expand that they have set up staffs of their own to search out possible merger mates. They also know that the cigarette manufacturers want...
...Democratic fat cats, "this Lindsay" was a freak, a Park Avenue big talker, a silk-stocking boy. Their candidate, City Controller Abraham David Beame, 59, a mild, mite-size (5 ft. 2 in.) party hack, was admittedly no giantkiller, but he comfortably fitted the mediocre mold to which they were accustomed. Few believed that cynical New Yorkers would be moved by the eager idealism and outraged accusations of this Lindsay-the towering (6 ft. 3 in.), wavy-haired Republican whose improbable good looks and earnest eloquence plainly marked him a do-gooder and an amateur by Tammany's hard...